Season 26 Tier List: Solo Greater Rift Push Build Rankings
This page goes over the current state of each class in Season 25 in respect to their solo clearing capabilities and provides a full ranking of each build currently available on the site.
Top Solo Greater Rift Pushing Builds for each Class
Season 25 is shaping up to be one of the most competitive seasons in years. The Soul Shards added as the seasonal theme have proven to be incredibly strong, but also far-reaching in their effectiveness, raising the ceiling on every build in the game. Not only is the higher-end much more diverse, but the viability floor is now significantly more feasible for dozens of builds in both high GRs and speed farming.
Barbarian
With patch 2.6.7, several items that modify Rend were buffed,
bringing forth this build as the top Barbarian build and one of the top S-Tier
builds overall. In the past couple of seasons and on non-seasonal, this build
has dominated the leader boards for Barbarian while also being relatively easy
to play, making it an excellent build for players looking to pick up Barbarian
for the first time. Even with the buffs to other Barbarian builds this season, Rend
will still be the best solo build.
Crusader
Crusader has not been changed this season, so Heaven's Fury Crusader is the best solo build for Season 26. While this is not the fastest build, it is incredibly durable, an excellent elite hunter/RGK, and is once again looking to be the top Crusader build.
Demon Hunter
After some massive buffs last season, the Marauder Demon Hunter has performed significantly better than expected, overtaking the GoD set on the ladder in a commanding way. If you are looking for an extremely safe, yet powerful play style where you let your sentries do the work for you, Marauder Demon Hunter is going to be a potent option this season.
Monk
In Season 26, the Inna's Ally monk build reigned supreme as one of the strongest builds in the game. Monks have not received any changes going into the new season, and so once again the Inna's Ally Monk will prove to possibly be the single most dominant build in the game in almost all forms of content.
Necromancer
Necromancer can be a harder class to get into for newer players, especially given its predominantly cooldown-based play style that almost requires you to use different builds for speed clearing and pushing. If you feel comfortable exploring and maxxing everything a class like Necromancer has to offer, then the LoD Corpse Explosion build is not new, but performed quite well last season and is sure to once again be dominant in the solo ladder.
Witch Doctor
Arachyrs is another set that received substantial buffs and a redesign recently, but performed significantly better than expected last season. On the solo leaderboards, Mundunugu's Witch Doctor has finally been overtaken, giving rise to the Spider Witch Doctor, offering a fresh play style to anyone looking to pick up Witch Doctor.
Wizard
Firebirds finally received a substantial nerf in Season 24, and has lost several GR levels worth of power. However, the build was already so strong that it is still poised to possibly be the top Wizard build once again in Season 26, although there are some close contenders.
Full Build Tier List
The difference between the tiers below is roughly equal to 5 GR levels. Also remember that builds evolve and adapt, and the tier list below will almost certainly end up over or undervaluing some builds as they play out over the season. This list is by now means set in stone, and has plenty of room for change as we learn more about the new builds.
S-Tier Builds
Class | Build |
---|---|
Monk | Inna Mystic Ally Monk |
Monk | LoD Wave of Light Monk |
Demon Hunter | Marauder Sentry Demon Hunter |
Crusader | Aegis of Valor Heaven's Fury Crusader |
Necromancer | LoD Corpse Explosion Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | Arachyr Corpse Spiders Witch Doctor |
A-Tier Builds
For A-Tier and below, builds will no longer be placed in order. There are too many builds that are too close in power to have an accurate ranking between builds within the same tier.
Class | Build |
---|---|
Demon Hunter | GoD Hungering Arrow Demon Hunter |
Wizard | Firebirds Wizard |
Barbarian | Wrath of the Wastes Rend Barbarian |
Demon Hunter | Marauder Multishot Demon Hunter |
Necromancer | Masquerade Bone Spear Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | Mundunugu's Regalia Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor |
Monk | Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush Monk |
Demon Hunter | Impale Demon Hunter |
Wizard | LoD Energy Twister Wizard |
Monk | Sunwuko Tempest Rush Monk |
Wizard | LoD Frozen Orb Wizard |
Barbarian | Boulder Toss Raekor Barbarian |
Wizard | LoD Hydra Wizard |
Necromancer | LoD Singularity Mage Necromancer |
Necromancer | LoD Poison Scythe Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | Zunimassa Poison Dart Witch Doctor |
Barbarian | Leap Quake Barbarian |
Barbarian | Might of the Earth Seismic Slam Barbarian |
Wizard | Typhon Hydra Wizard |
Wizard | Vyr Archon Wizard |
Crusader | Thorns Invoker Crusader |
Barbarian | Horde of the Ninety Savages Frenzy Barbarian |
Necromancer | Rathma Army of the Dead Necromancer |
Crusader | LoD Bombardment Crusader |
B-Tier Builds
Class | Build |
---|---|
Barbarian | Immortal Kings HotA Barbarian |
Barbarian | LoN HotA Barbarian |
Demon Hunter | LoD Rapid Fire Demon Hunter |
Demon Hunter | Natalya Rapid Fire Demon Hunter |
Necromancer | LoD Corpse Lance Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | Jade Harvester Witch Doctor |
Necromancer | LoD Thorns Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | LoD Poison Dart Witch Doctor |
Witch Doctor | LoD Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor |
Crusader | LoD Blessed Shield Crusader |
Demon Hunter | N6M4 Demon Hunter |
Demon Hunter | GoD Bola Demon Hunter |
Crusader | LoD Condemn Crusader |
Crusader | Akkhan Condemn Crusader |
Monk | Sunwuko Wave of Light Monk |
Monk | Rainment Generator Monk |
Necromancer | Pestilence Corpse Lance Necromancer |
Wizard | DMO Frozen Orb Wizard |
Wizard | Tal Rasha Meteor Wizard |
Monk | Uliana Exploding Palm Monk |
C-Tier Builds
Class | Build |
---|---|
Wizard | Tal Rasha Frozen Orb Wizard |
Witch Doctor | Zombie Bear Witch Doctor |
Barbarian | Whirlwind Barbarian |
Demon Hunter | Unhallowed Essence Multishot Demon Hunter |
Crusader | Blessed Hammer Crusader |
Crusader | Sweep Attack Crusader |
Necromancer | Rathma Bone Spirit Necromancer |
Necromancer | Inarius Generator Necromancer |
Witch Doctor | Gargantuan Witch Doctor |
Wizard | Lightning Archon Wizard |
Changelog
- 14 Apr. 2022: Updated for Season 26.
- 10 Dec. 2021: Updated for Season 25.
- 23 Jul. 2021: Updated for Season 24.
- 29 Mar. 2021: Updated for Season 23.
- 17 Nov. 2020: Updated for Season 22.
- 01 Jul. 2020: Slight adjustments to the tier list.
- 29 Jun. 2020: Updated for Season 21.
- 09 Mar. 2020: Updated for Season 20.
- 23 Nov. 2019: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Impakt, an Officer in BDGG, the #2 North American guild on retail. In addition to live WoW, he has also been a classic theorycrafter and enthusiast for many years. You can watch him stream on Twitch, or follow him on Twitter.
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